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J. G. MILLER.

WIGKBR BASKET. No. 254,034. Patented Feb. 21,1882.

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UNITED STATES JAMES G. MILLER, OF LIVERPOOL, NEW YORK.

WICKER BASKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,034, dated February 21, 1882. Application filed January 5, 1882. (No model.)

To all 'whom it may concern Y Be it known that I, JAMEs G. MILLER, of Liverpool, in the county of Onondaga, in the State ofNew York, have invented new and use; ful Improvements in Wicker Baskets, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of wicker baskets which have a wooden bottom; and the improvement consists in forming the bottom of the basket of a wooden board having a rabbet cutout ofits upper edge, and providing the inner shoulder of said rabbet with two series ot' horizontal holes and securing th'e body of the basket to said bottom by bendingthelowerextremityofthestandards inward and inserting them into one of the aforesaid series of holes, and bending the ends of the Wickers composing the usual braiding-atthebase of the basket-body around the exterior of the standards and terminating them in the other series of holes aforesaid, thereby not only firmly securing the wooden bottom to the body ofthe basketand thoroughly bracingthe basket, but also eii'ectna-lly protecting the basket-body around the edges of its base by the simplest and comparatively most inexpensive means, all as hereinafter more fully described, and specifically set forth in the claim.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 isa side view of a portion ot' a basket embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken immediately above the wooden bottom; and Fig. 3 is a vertical section, illustrating the construction ofthe wooden bottom and its cony nection with the body ofthe basket.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts. y

s s denote the usual standards, which, with the horizontal wickers entrailed between them, form the body of the basket, usually nished at the top and bottom with the wicker-braidings c.

B represents the wooden bottom ofthe basket.

Said bottom I form of a board, around the up.- per edge ot' which I cut a rabbet, i', and into the inner vertical sh ouldcr of this rabbet I bore two series ofhorizontal holes, ct and b. Into the holes a, I insert the lower ends of the standards s, bent at the requisite angle for the purpose, and into the holes b, linsert the ends of the wickers c, which form the usual braiding around the base of the basket, said wickers being bent around the exterior ot' the standards s and terminating in the holes b, the holes b being close to the holes a, so as to produce a short bend in the braiding passing over the exterior ofthe adjacent standard s, and thereby more firmly bind itself, as Well as assist in confining the ends ot' the standards in the holes in the bottom B. The horizontal portion of the rabbet projectin g outward under the base of the basketbodygserves to protect the same from wear, thus rendering the basket more durable.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

The combination of the bottom board, B, having cut out ot' its Lipper edge the rabbet r, and provided in the inner shoulder of said rabbet with the horizontal holes a and b, the standards s, having their lower extremities bent and inserted in the holes a, and the wickers c of the bottom braiding having their ends bent around the exterior of the standards s and terminating in the holes b, the horizontal portion ofthe rabbet projecting over the base of theba-sket-body, all constructed and combined substantially in the manner described and shown.

In testimony whereofI have hereunto signed my name and affixed my seal, in the presence of two attestin g witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, this 31st day ot' December, 1881.

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